Wheel-flange oiler.



A. G. HARRIS.l WHEEL FLANGE onen. APPLICATION FILED. DEC. 17, 1914.

Peeented Feb.8,1916.

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A. G. HARRIS.

WHEEL FLANGE olLER. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 17. 1914.

1,170,901. Patented 1910.8,.1916.

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A.G. HARRIS.

WHEEL FLANGE OILER.

APPLICATION FILED IDIc. I7. 1914- Patented Feb. 8, 1916.

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ANNAeHAnnIs, or sroKAivn, WASHINGTON.

WHEEL-RANGE o ILEn.

Application med December 17, 1914;- serial No. 877,702.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANNA Gr. 11A-ners, a citizen fof the United States,residing at Spokane, in the county of Spokane and State of Washington,have invented ycertain new and Vuseful Improvements in Wheel- FlangeOilers, of which the following is a specification. f f

This invention relates to improvements in wheel flange oilers forrailway vehicles and one of the principalobjects of the invention is toprovide a flangel oiler for oiling that portion ofthe flange whichengages the rail guard, so that the latterwill be lubricated as the`truck wheels of the vehicle negotiate a curve.

' It ,is Vafurther object of the invention to provide a wheel flangeoiler which is adapted to be initiated intov action for oiling orlubricating the particular wheel or wheels in engagement with the railguard, it being understood that such engagement is dependent upon thedirection of the track curve which is negotiated.

A. further object of the invention is to provide'a flange'oiler which isparticularly adapted for operation in connection with a forced feed'ofthe lubricant, which may be in the form of hard oil or grease. a con-`tainery provided with means for forcibly ad# vancingthe hard oil orvided. f.

In order to eect the maximum economy, it is a further object lof thisinvention to provide an oil applying device for engagement with thewheel flange and which is moved into engagement by manually or pedallyoperated means which also functions to initiate a forced feed of greaseor oil to said oil applying device.

Other features and objects of the invention will be more fully describedin connection with the accompanying drawings and will be moreparticularly pointed out in and by the appended claims.

In the drawings :--Fig ure l is a view in side elevation, with parts insection, of a truck equipped with one form of the device of myinvention,land taken on line 1 1 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a plan viewthereof. Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation, with parts in section, ofmy improved oil applying` device for engagement withthe wheel flange.

' I Fig l is la `sectional view on .line 4-4 of Specification of LettersPatent.

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Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a face view of that portion of the oil applying devicewhich. directly engages the wheel flange. tional view on line 6-6 ofFig. 2. Fig.' 7 is a sectional .view on vline 7 7 of Fig. 1. Likecharacters of reference designate similar parts throughout the uresofthe drawings.`

' l AC-' Fig. 6 is a secldifferent lig# As illustrated, `1 designates atruckgfr'ame f and 2 and 3 designate flange wheelsat opposite sidesthereof.

Reference willv first be'made tol the forced feed meansfor advancing theoil or grease to the flange applying devices, and which ii may be termeda pump, reference beingvhad more particularlyto Fig..6. f

In the embodiment shown, 4 designates'a grease container for the pumpwhich may be anchored to the truck'frame by means such as brackets 5.The container 4 is pro# vided with a removablecover 6 which may beheldin-placeyby hasp-like fastening devices 7 as illustrated. Thelower walls8 converge fand terminate in a discharge oute let 9 which delivers to apump mechanism casing 10. In the casing 10y are journaled shafts 11 onwhich meshing gears 12 are mounted. The gears'are driven in the di-Arection of the arrows so as to not only grasp butjforce the hard oil orgrease outwardly through'the casing 10, anfoutlet 13 being provided.Outlet 13 delivers to a pipe 14 whichis T-ed,'as atf15 to provide forbranch extensions 16 andf 17. -Thepipe'lll is always f in communicationwith branches 16 and '17 so 'as to maintain'th'e latter substantiallyfilled with hard oil or grease to facilitatev immediate delivery to thewheel flange applying devices when operation is initiated;

' An electric motor 18 is mounted adjacent the gear pump mechanism andon the shaft of the motor is mounted aY gear 19. Gear j 19 meshes withgears 20, Vmounted on shafts l1, so that` when the motor is started "thegears 12 will be rotated in the directionindicated by the arrows in Fig.6. Y

. Reference willnext Vbe made'to the oil applying devices lwhereby Vthehard oil or grease is applied to the flangesyof thecar l'- 1 wheels andas both of said devices shown are identical in operation land structure,only one need be described in detail.v

1. The oil applying devices are indicated at 21 and 22, one forwheel 3and the' other for wheel 2, respectively, and as illustrated, device 22is mounted upon a bracket l23 which extends inwardly from one portionofthe truck frame 1.

Referring more particularly to Figs. 3, 4- and 5, it will be seen that Ihave providedV pipe 16 with a socket fitting 24 having a nipple 25 whichis attached to pipe 16. The axis of socket 24 is at right angles 'to'the axis of pipe 16 and the fitting 24 is provided with a flange 26having an lopening 27 whereby the flange may be secured to the bracket23. The fitting 24 is provided with a discharge port 28 for delivery tothe socket 'portion or cavity of thevfitting 24.

The oil or grease applying device includes a shank 29 having a plug 30which is journaled in thesocket portion of the fitting 24. The plug 30is provided with a threaded plug 31 which projects through anzaperturein one wall of the fitting 24 and which is secured in place by a nut 32.The nut 32 secures the plug 30Vin such a manner as to permit of relativerotation of the plug 30 within the socket fitting 24. The shank 29 isprovided with a bore 33 which is provided with an extension 34projecting into the socket 30. The extension 34 is provided with a port35 for registry with port 28 when the shank 29 is moved ina clockwisedirection with respect to Fig. 4'so as to permit port 35 to registerwith port 28. In the position shown in Fig. 4, however, ingress of oilfrom pipe 16.to shank 29 is closed by reason of the fact that port 35 isout of registry with port 28. The shank 29 is provided with an extension36 extending beyond the rotatable connection of the applying device withthe fitting 24 for con* nection with an operating cord or cable.

The remaining end of shank 29 is provided with a substantially sphericalterminal 37 and the bore 33 is flared, as at 38,. Upon thespherical'terminal 37 is fitted an oil applying head 39, which ispreferably formed in half sections and secured together by means such asbolts 40. The interior of the head 39 is hollowed out, as indicated'at41, and the discharge from said cavity 41 is in the form of a slit 42,which is shown more particularly in Fig. 5.- The face of the head 39,adjacent the discharge slit 42,

-as indicated at 43, is shaped to conform and lie in flat abuttingrelation against the flange of the wheel, as indicated in Fig. l.

The head 39 is shaped to fit over the balled or spherical end 37, of theshank 29, anda set screw 44 may serve to anchor the head in the desiredposition.

Now it will be seenthat the oil applying device is pivotally connectedwith the supply pipe in such a manner as to cut off or cut in supply inaccordance with the relative position of the applying device withrespect to the supply pipe.

, vice is not only advanced into engagement Vwith the wheel flange toapply oil thereto, but whereby initiation of the pump is effect ed foradvancing the supply of oil or grease through the supply pipe tothe oilapplying devices.

Referring more particularly to Figs. 1, 2 and 7, 45 and 46 designateoperating elements which may be in the form of cords or cables, andwhich are connected with the shank extensions of Atheoil applyingdevices 22 and 21, respectively. The cables 45 and 46 are trained about'pulleys 47 and 48 and extend forwardly therefrom to manually or pedallyoperated members 49 and 50. rhe members 49 and 50 are similar inconstruction and may be in the form of plungers slidable through the carplatform 51 and through bearings `52. rl`he elements 49 and 50 areidentical in construction and operation and only one need be describedin detail, 49 being connected with cable 45, at 53. Gable 45 is traineddownwardly over a pulley 54 so as to enable the cable to elevate thepedal element 49 when tension is placed upon the cable. Springs 55 and56 are connected with the oil applying devices so as to retract thelatter' and to actuate the cables 45 and 46 for the purpose of elevatingthe pedal plungers 49 and 50 to starting position. When either of thepedal elements are depressed, then the respective oil applying devicewill be advanced into the position to apply oil to the wheel flange, aswill be noticed by reference to wheel 2, of Fig. 1.

Reference will next be made to electrical means for starting the motor18 to advance the oil in the pipes 16 and 17 when the oil applyingdevices are shifted into an operative position.

The motor 18 is included in a circuit including conductors 55 and 56, inwhich circuit is also included a source of current which is'indicatedvas a battery 57. Next referring to Figs. 7, 57, designates the shank ofpedal operating member 49 which is provided with a brush carrier ofinsulating material 58. Mounted onthe carrier 58 is a wiping contactbrush or strip 59 which projects in opposite directions from the carrier58 and which is preferably vertically disposed. When the member 49 is ina normalA or upward position, as indicated in Fig. 7, th'e wipingcontact 59 will engage an electri'cal terminal 60 to which a branch 61of wire 55 is connected. An electrical terminal 62 is normally out ofrangewith the wiping contact member 59 when the latter is in a normalposition, but is adapted for engagement thereby when the contact 59isdepressed-so as to close circuit through terminals 60 and 62. Terminal62 is connected with branch 63 of conductor 56. Pedal 'member 50 will beequipped in a manner similar to pedal member 49, the conductors and 56leading to terminals similar to 60 and 62 so that when either of thepedal members are depressed, the respective oil applying device thereofwill not only be shifted into an operative position against the wheelfiange, but the motor 18 will be started so as to advance the dischargeoil through the oil applying device.

Notwithstanding the fact that the rotatable connection of each oilapplying device with its supply pipe constitutes a valve cut o, the oilor grease will always be substantially ready for egress-through thesupplying slit 42 after the first body of oil or grease has beenadvanced through the device. Thus at anytime that the motor is started,there will be an instant supply of oil delivered to the wheel flange ofthe wheel adjacent the oil applying device which has been actuated. v Yx Attention is also directed to the fact that each oil applying deviceisl provided with a valve, constituted by the rotatable connection withits supplyv pipe, so that no valves will be necessary in the supply pipebetween said devices and the oil pressure supplying mechanism as it willbe impossible for oil to be expressed or discharged through the oilapplying device when its spring is free to hold it away from the wheelflange. y

While I have herein shown and described one specific form of myinvention, I do not wish to be limited thereto eXcept for suchlimitations as the claims may import.

I claim 1. In a wheel flange oiler, driven means for advancing a supplyof oil, a flange oil applying device communicating with said means,treadle mechanism for initiating op- Y eration of said driven means andmoving said oil applying device into an oil applying position withrespect to the wheel flange, and means normally acting to move saidapplying device out of an applying position and restoring said treadlemeans to a starting position, substantially as described. Q. In a wheelfiange oiler, a conveying shank provided with a rounded terminal, and ahollow head adjustable on said terminal and provided with an oilapplying slit shaped to engage the wheel fiange in flat abuttingrelation, substantially as described.

3.' In a wheel flange oiler, a pump for advancing a supply of oil, aflange applying device communicating with said pump, an

electric motor forv driving said pump, andA mechanism for shifting saidapplying device into an oil applying position and including an electricswitch for closing circuit to start said motor, substantially asdescribed. i

4. In a wheel flange oiler, an oilapplying` and their pipes when saidoil applying de-l vices are in an applying position, substantially asdescribed.

6. In a wheel flange oiler, a truck frame, a wheel therefor having aange, an oil supply pipe, an oil supplying and applying device having apivoted valve connection with saidpipe and provided with an extensionprojecting beyondsaid connection, means supporting said device and pipeat the point of pivoted valve connection thereof with each other fromsaid truck, and means engaging said extension for shifting said deviceagainst the wheel flange to apply oil thereto, substantially asdescribed.

7. In a wheel flange oiler, a wheel provided with a flange, an oilsupply pipe, an oil v applying device having pivoted valve connectionwith said supply pipe arranged to close said device when the same is outof an applying position and to open said device when the same is in anapplying position, means for shifting said device into an applyingposition, and means for shifting said device out of an applyingposition, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANNA G. HARRIS.

Witnesses:

ALEX M. WINsToN, RICHARD B. HARRIS.

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